Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the longitudinal influence of physical education classes, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on aggressive behavior among South Korean adolescents. Data were drawn from the Korea Youth Panel Survey. We used latent growth curve modeling to explain the growth trajectory of adolescent aggressive behaviors and a multi-group analysis to investigate gender differences in aggressive behavior. The results indicated that adolescents’ aggressive behavior significantly changed with age. There were significant gender-based differences in the level of and changes in aggressive behavior over time. Both extracurricular sports activities and leisure satisfaction had significant influences on the changes in adolescents’ aggressive behavior with age, whereas physical education classes did not.
Highlights
Aggression is one of the most prevalent and destructive behaviors to which adolescents may be exposed, and they are at a particular risk of finding themselves either the perpetrators of aggression or victims of bullying
We concluded that adolescents’ aggression decreased in a linear manner, and the initial status and slope of aggressive behavior differed between adolescents as their variances were significant
Using an LGM approach and secondary data from the Korea Youth Panel Survey (KYPS), the present study clearly demonstrated the benefits of extracurricular sports activities and leisure satisfaction on adolescents’ aggressive behavior
Summary
Aggression is one of the most prevalent and destructive behaviors to which adolescents may be exposed, and they are at a particular risk of finding themselves either the perpetrators of aggression or victims of bullying. A panel survey conducted in 2012 by the Foundation for Preventing Youth Violence found that in a counseling center established in South Korea, 12% of students admitted to being bullied in school. A more serious problem was that approximately 45% of victimized students revealed that they felt suicidal because of school bullies [3]. The US Center for Disease Control reported that roughly 20% of students were bullied on school property and 16% of students were cyber-bullied [4]. This reveals that aggression in schools may cause fatal and irreparable damage in adolescents. Schools have implemented a variety of violence prevention programs and curricula, violence in schools
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